Education

• Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Área Ciencias Agropecuarias (2009).
• Licenciada en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Sur (1998).

Current positions

• Investigadora Adjunta del CONICET (2020–presente). Sede: INTA AER Coronel Suárez (desde 2024); previamente IFEVA (UBA–CONICET).

Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)

• García, A.*, Graff, P., Loydi, A. & Aguiar, M. R. (2025). Regional and local factors control of beetles’ community composition in arid steppes Patagonia. Journal of Insect Conservation, 29, 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-025-00719-y
• Kempel, A. et al. (incl. Graff, P.) (2025). The Bug-Network (BugNet): A global experimental network
  testing the effects of invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens on plant communities and
  ecosystem function in open ecosystems. Ecology and Evolution, 15(10), e72111.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72111
• Silvoso, M.C.*, Tognetti, P.M., Armas, C., Casanoves, F. & Graff, P. (2025). Shrunk coexistence:
  cattle exclusion and nutrient addition intensify competition between native and exotic grasses with
  low phenological overlap. Oikos, e11211. https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11211
• Molina, C., Campana, M.S., Jeroham, M. & Graff, P. (2025). Reserva Municipal de San Vicente
  (Argentina): Caracterización y propuestas de conservación del pastizal. Agronomía y Ambiente, 45:
  25–36. http://agronomiayambiente.agro.uba.ar/index.php/AyA/article/view/307
• Nelson, R.A. et al. (incl. Graff, P.) (2025). Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment
  but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory. Communications Biology, 8, 444.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-07882-7
• Molina, C.D.*, Campana, S., Ciavattini, M., Aradvari, S., Silvoso, M.C.#, Caffaro, M.M., Jeroham,
  M. & Graff, P. (2024). Pastizales urbanos de la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires: un debate
  sobre la importancia y desafíos de su conservación. Ecología Austral, 34: 622–632.
  https://doi.org/10.25260/EA.24.34.3.0.2433
• Campana, S., Tognetti, P.M., Alberti, J., Graff, P., Molina, C.D., Silvoso, M.C. & Yahdjian, L. (2024).
  The spatiotemporal stability of plant diversity is disconnected from biomass stability in response to
  human activities in a South American temperate grassland. Science of the Total Environment, 955: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177031
• Decunta, F.*, Pérez, L., Graff, P. & Gundel, P. (2024). Foliar phosphorus concentration modulates
  the defensive mutualism of an endophytic fungus in a perennial host grass. Functional Ecology, 38:
  2041–2053. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14616
• Price, J.N. et al. (incl. Graff, P.) (2024). Distinguishing introductions from removals is critical for
  interpreting the influence of nativeness on megafauna impacts. Science (E-letter).
  https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh2616#elettersSection
• Lonardi, M.R.*, Silvoso, M.C.# & Graff, P. (2024). Assessing nutrient enrichment and grazing rest
  effects on grass establishment: implications for exotic and native species. Plant Ecology, 225: 107–
• https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01380-8
• Molina, C.D.*, Tognetti, P.M. & Graff, P. (2023). Restoration of invaded temperate grasslands:
  species phenology adds to microsite and seed availability. Applied Vegetation Science, 26, 1–11.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12742
• Price, J. et al. (incl. Graff, P.) (2022). Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine
  herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6: 1290–1298.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01809-9
• Ebeling, A. et al. (incl. Graff, P.) (2022). Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and
  pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 110: 327–339. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-
  2745.13801
• Beccacece, H.M., Viglione, G.B., Graff, P. & Morelli, E. (2021). Redescription of Paracles vulpina
  (Hübner, [1825]) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), with comments on the aquatic habit of larval instars.
  Zootaxa, 5061(1): 157–166. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5061.1.8
• Molina, C.D.*, Tognetti, P.M., Graff, P. & Chaneton, E.J.Ŧ (2021). Mowing does not redress the
  negative effect of nutrient addition on alpha and beta diversity in a temperate grassland. Journal of
  Ecology, 109: 1501–1510. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13573
• Borer, E.T. et al. (incl. Graff, P.) (2020). Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory.
  Nature Communications, 11: 6036. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19870-y
• Graff, P., Gundel, P.E., Salvat, A., Cristos, D. & Chaneton, E.J. (2020). Protection offered by leaf
  fungal endophytes to an invasive species against native herbivores depends on soil nutrients.
  Journal of Ecology, 108: 1592–1604. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13371